Word: gathers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...communication in these columns to the fact that the meetings of the St. Paul's Society are by no means so well attended as they should be. The society has nominally a very large membership, and it is yet a well known fact that it is barely possible to gather more than a dozen persons at its regular meetings. Even when the officers have endeavored to arouse interest by inviting eminent clergymen to-address the society, their efforts have met with anything but success, as, for instance, on the occasion mentioned in the communication above referred to. Such a state...
From the letters of this tutor we gather the following miscellaneous facts : Winter quarters were more expensive than others, and the "excessive rate of things" made it difficult for the youth, though studiously inclined, to keep within his "stint" or allowance. The rent of his chamber, to be divided between himself and his chamber-fellow, was only 12s. a year, and 7s. 4d. supplied him with coal and candles from the end of long vacation till the beginning of March...
...June 28. The general feeling among the students, as well as among the members of the crew, is one of confidence. There is a determination manifested by the crew to defeat Harvard this year. There is unusual interest in boating matters generally, as evidenced by the crowds that gather at the boat house every afternoon...
...considerable number of men gather each day on Jarvis to witness the running, and a good deal of interest is manifested. Prospects for a successful spring meeting are excellent...
...marked difference between the smaller schools of America and those of England is in the arrangements for study. In many American private schools a large room is set aside for a study room, where, at certain hours, all the students are required to gather for purposes of study. In England this is almost unknown. Even the practice of "chumming," so common in American colleges, is a rare one in England. "In Rugby there are dormitories in which the boys sleep, and sitting-rooms in which they gather for social life, but each boy has his room for study, usually without...